This may come as a surprise to y'all but, I am no musician. I play no instrument (I did kill the recorder in third grade though). I can't keep a beat (unless it's at a concert and the artist shows the audience when they want you to clap to the beat). I have absolutely no rhythm and can barely spell it. (Ask my brother.) I can sing better than Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus (that really doesn't say much) but my shyness and lack of balls wouldn't allow me to show you anyway so it doesn't even count as a talent. The only thing I can do regarding music is love it to death and tell a good song from a bad one. I'm really good at both of those things. I might even excel in those. I'm not trying to get all down on myself with my musical ineptness, I just wanted to let you know that I have no real basis for what I'm about to say.For those that are musicians, I would imagine it would be a challenge to cover any artists' song in that it would be difficult to even compare to the original. A more overwhelming feat, I would deduce, would be covering a song that was done by the incomparable Beatles. Talk about pressure. Talk about balls. Covering a Beatles song is like trying to climb the Swiss Alps without an ice pick. You know you are in some way going to fail. You can call me a Negative Nelly but I think I'm just being realistic.
Though few and far between, there are those occasional artist's who have managed to do a commendable job in their attempts to cover Beatles songs. In my opinion, the following are some of the best Beatle cover songs I've come across. I'm fairly certain half of them are from the I Am Sam soundtrack but god damn it, so what? They are good. If you know more, please share them with me as I am in a Bealtes obsessed hole and cannot get out.
In no specific order...
Maybe it's the familiarity of his voice that makes me love his version, but it could just be that he nails it as well.
There is something so haunting about this song. Vivid in the the original but even more so in Elliot's version.
Does anyone else want to take mushrooms, run around outside while skipping/holding hands and tell each other how much we love one another after listening to this? I do.
His live version of this at Woodstock '69 is so good, I wish time machines were real things.
Chills. Every. Single. Time.
I am prepared to say that this may or may not be my favorite Beatles song. I am also prepared to say that I love this version.
The one and only Beatles cover that I like more than the original. Accomplished by my second favorite female in the world, Fiona. No surprise there.
BONUS:
I friggin' love Boyz II Men, alright?
A song originally done by four white dudes. Also a song covered by four black dudes from Philly who sang and harmonized the crap out of it beautifully and added their own touch to it.
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Fabulous H- Bomb. Loved the article and concept
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